To Kill a Mockingbird, a story told through the eyes of two innocent children, Scout and her brother Jem, telling of the discrimination and hypocrisy throughout their town Maycomb County, Alabama. The town faces the struggles of racism opening our eyes to an African American, Tom Robinson’s, injustice. It reminds us the valuable lessons from their father, Atticus and their housemaid Calpurnia, during the Great Depression. We are learning from it, To Kill a Mockingbird teaches us the lessons of morale, justice and equality.
Harper Lee uses her novel to teach us important lessons from the characters presented in To Kill a Mockingbird. Atticus, a fair and moral character, whose parenting style is unique, lined with honest and example, teaches …show more content…
When Scout’s teacher instructs her to recite ‘WE ARE A DEMOCRACY’ (Lee 1960, p.270), this is ironic because she has just witnessed an innocent man be convicted of a crime and murdered for not believing in the appeal system. The irony in To Kill a Mockingbird, lets us stimulate the strong emotions of empathy and sadness from the context and serves as a moral lesson to us about how we should depict discrimination and injustice today from something unacceptable and how we must end it. Is it okay to let injustice and discrimination continue? As if …show more content…
‘“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy… they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us.”’ (Lee 1960, p.99-100). Tom Robinson symbolises the mockingbird, he, just like the mockingbird, had not harmed anyone or done anything, yet was accused wrongfully for doing so. He was victimized by unfair stereotyping, ridicule and unfair treatment. We are exposed to right and wrong in our world today and can recognise not to believe everything someone does, but stand up for what you believe in. Would you send an innocent man to his death?
The use of foreshadowing used by Lee is significant because it outlines the theme and message she wants to expose, of discrimination, the importance of equal treatment and judgement. Atticus says “shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”
This foreshadowing and symbolism of the mockingbird foretells the life of Tom Robinson and Boo Radley and the way they would be treated. The friendship of Scout and Jem with Boo is foreshadowed when he places treasures inside the knothole of the tree for them. This explains how he was, not how he is presented by the community. The saying, don’t judge a book by its cover, is bought to our attention by Lee, for us to apply it to our life today because we must acknowledge the wrongful injustice, treatment and
Harper Lee uses her novel to teach us important lessons from the characters presented in To Kill a Mockingbird. Atticus, a fair and moral character, whose parenting style is unique, lined with honest and example, teaches …show more content…
When Scout’s teacher instructs her to recite ‘WE ARE A DEMOCRACY’ (Lee 1960, p.270), this is ironic because she has just witnessed an innocent man be convicted of a crime and murdered for not believing in the appeal system. The irony in To Kill a Mockingbird, lets us stimulate the strong emotions of empathy and sadness from the context and serves as a moral lesson to us about how we should depict discrimination and injustice today from something unacceptable and how we must end it. Is it okay to let injustice and discrimination continue? As if …show more content…
‘“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy… they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us.”’ (Lee 1960, p.99-100). Tom Robinson symbolises the mockingbird, he, just like the mockingbird, had not harmed anyone or done anything, yet was accused wrongfully for doing so. He was victimized by unfair stereotyping, ridicule and unfair treatment. We are exposed to right and wrong in our world today and can recognise not to believe everything someone does, but stand up for what you believe in. Would you send an innocent man to his death?
The use of foreshadowing used by Lee is significant because it outlines the theme and message she wants to expose, of discrimination, the importance of equal treatment and judgement. Atticus says “shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”
This foreshadowing and symbolism of the mockingbird foretells the life of Tom Robinson and Boo Radley and the way they would be treated. The friendship of Scout and Jem with Boo is foreshadowed when he places treasures inside the knothole of the tree for them. This explains how he was, not how he is presented by the community. The saying, don’t judge a book by its cover, is bought to our attention by Lee, for us to apply it to our life today because we must acknowledge the wrongful injustice, treatment and